1st Narrative English test by romzink29

A Milkmaid had been in the meadow to milk her cows. Now she was returning home with a pail of milk on her hand.

She thought, "I will make cream and butter out of this milk. Then after selling them, I will buy eggs. And when they hatch, I shall have a good poultry farm".

She further thought, "I shall sell some of my chickens and buy a fine dress. Seeing it on my body at the party, all the boys will admire me. But I will turn them away".

She went on day dreaming; she forgot about the pail on her head. She moved her head suddenly and the pail of milk came tumbling down. It was broken and all the milk split.

"Dear, 0 dear!" she cried, "I have lost mine all".

what does the text tell us about?

• split milk

• a hard working girl

• a day dreaming milk maid

• a pail of milk

• Milk girl

A man and his son were going to the market. While they were walking, a countryman passed and said, “You fool, what a donkey for but to ride upon?”

So the man put the boy on the donkey. But soon, some passersby said, “See that lazy, young steer. He lets his father walk while he rides.”

So the man ordered his boy to get off and got on himself, but the passerby said, “Shame on… that lazy old man, he lets his poor son walk, while he rides.”

The man did not know what to do. Last, he took his boy on the donkey. Then the passerby said, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading the poor donkey?”

The man and the boy got off. They cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole to their shoulders. They arrived at a bridge when the donkey, getting one of its feet loose, kick all out and caused the boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle, the donkey fell over the bridge, and then it was drowned.

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

• The donkey was carried by its owners

• The man and his son took a rest near the bridge

• The man’s behavior made the donkey dead

• The man and his donkey arrived at the market

• The man’s behavior made the donkey alive

A Story From The Farm Yard Two roosters were fighting fiercely to be the king of the farm yard. One finally gained advantage and the other surrendered.

The loosing rooster slunk away and hid itself in a quiet corner. The winner flew up to a high wall, flapped its wings and crowed its victory, as loud as it could.

Suddenly, an eagle came sailing through the air and carried it off, with its talons. The loosing rooster immediately came out of its corner and ruled the farm yard from then on.

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

• An eagle watching the rooster from a distance

• The loosing rooster came out from its hiding place

• The eagle took the winning rooster

• The winning rooster celebrated the winning proudly

• The eagle ruled the farm

1. Arrange the sentences below into a correct narrative!

(1) At the further of the wood was another pretty cottage

(2) There was once a sweet maid who lived in a pretty cottage

(3) She gave her a red clock with a hood which she always wear

(4) Where grandmother lived in

(5) Everybody loved this little girl, her grandmother loved her most of all

(6) So, people called her Red Riding Hood

The best arrangement is...

• 2-1-4-5-3-6

• 1-2-4-3-5-6

• 1-2-3-4-5-6

• 2-1-3-4-5-6

• 2-3-1-4-5-6

Hurricanes are large, intense storms that begin over the ocean, where they gather heat and energy from the water. Hurricanes move slowly toward land, usually moving 10-20 miles per hour for more than one week. The most dangerous part of the hurricane is the storm surge when it reaches land and causes flooding. Wind and waves also contribute to the damage caused by these surges.

The implied main idea of this paragraph is?

• Hurricanes begin over the ocean

• Hurricanes are different from other storms

• One type of storm is called a hurricane

• Hurricanes are dangerous storms

• Hurricanes can be very friendly

What is the orientation of narrative text ?

• The social function of the text

• The middle paragraph of the story

• The opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced

• The end paragraph of the story

• The main problem of the story

What is resolution of the text ?

• Where the story is ended

• Where the problems in the story developed

• Where the problems in the story developed

• The moral Value of story

• Where the problems in the story is solved

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

We can learn that we have to ….

• Keep our mother healthy

• Show our loves to our mother

• Obey to our mother

• Buy flowers for our mothers

• Don't give flower to our mother

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• Then, they named of the place as Surabaya.

• They would fight for it, and never stop fighting until one of them gave up

• The boarder is the beach, so we will never meet again.

• Baya was very angry when he knew the Sura broke the promise

• Baya and Sura didn't like each other

A long time ago, there lived on the island of Bali a giant-like creature named Kbo Iwo. The people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was everything, a destroyer as well as a creator. He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant for the Balinese people enough food for a thousand men.

Difficulties arose when for the first time the barns were almost empty and the new harvest was still a long way off. This made Kbo Iwo wild with great anger. In his hunger, he destroyed all the houses and even all the temples. It made the Balinese turn to rage.

So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant by using his stupidity. They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep well, and rebuild all the houses and temples he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig a deep hole.

One day he had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole. The oldest man in the village gave a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone they had collected before into the hole. The limestone made the water inside the hole boiling . Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then the water in the well rose higher and higher until at last it overflowed and formed Lake Batur. The mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo is known as Mount Batur.

What is mount batur?

• A lake build by Kbo Iwo

• The mountain build by Kbo Iwo

• A well dug by Kbo iwo

• A home build by Balinese people to Kbo Iwo

• A mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo